Favorite Book Covers from The Book Cover Archive

This book cover is really unique because it plays up the different colors that a room would have if there was actually one light lit. Also the fact that everything is centered really brings it all together into a cohesive cover. 

I really liked this cover because the picture explains everything. Nelson Mandela's biography does not even need a title because everyone knows what he looks like. Also the book cover does include the title and author, but in the lower right hand corner, which gives it a professional look. 

This cover is really interesting because it first hypnotizes you, then you start to focus on the center, where there is a outline of a profile of a man. This cover really fits with the title because art can be expressed in different ways to represent different things. 

I really liked this book cover because it actually looks like someone had slept in the bed and had either left it or was taken from the bed. The way all the sheets are crinkled makes it look realistic. 

This cover shows a lot of different types of whales, which the book is obviously about. Also the title is centered between the whales and in the center of the paper. The other information is kind of an after-thought.  

Best Book Cover

This is the best book cover because it explains what is happening. There are silhouettes of men and women which you would see used in signs for the bathroom. The images are very easy to understand, making it universal and appealing to many audiences. This is a successful cover that explains everything in the cover. This is explaining that there is a crime that has happened because there is a "Do Not Cross" sign across the cover and many outlines of people, which is what happens when someone dies at a scene. 

Process of Design Competition

In order to create this cover for the student handbook, I had to think of different ideas for the background. I had thought that it would be interesting to have the background be red and contain a phoenix, representing MHS school colors. This would also represent the school mascot and provide spirt when students would look at it. Also the font that I chose for the name of our high school is the one that we usually use on our t-shirts and sweatshirts. Lastly, the font for the student handbook 2014-2015 label was just chosen at random and the only thing I took into consideration was how it looked with the rest of the page. The name of the school is centered because it is the main attraction and the other label is on the left because that is usually where we line our text up.